1. Plural of pigstick; a spear or lance used for hunting wild boar.
Usage: archaic; historical

1. Third-person singular present tense of pigstick; to hunt wild boar with a spear or lance.
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The hunter carried several pigsticks on horseback.
• In colonial India, officers would pigstick wild boar as a sport.
• The collection included ornate pigsticks from the 19th century.
• He pigsticks from horseback with considerable skill.
• Ancient pigsticks were often made of ash wood with iron tips.